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    Effects of container freight stations on performance of Mombasa Port
    (KESRA/JKUAT - Unpublished research project, 31-10-18) Musyoka, KenMorris M.
    The port of Mombasa has been faced with inefficiencies through its operation, with congestion being a major problem. The adoption of the CFSs to help curb these problems at Mombasa port was meant to improve the port performance by eliminating such inefficiencies, years down the line after the adoption of these CFSs such inefficiencies among others are still being felt at the port having some stakeholders criticizing the operation of CFSs. The research sought to investigate the effects of the container freight stations on performance of Mombasa port with the specific objectives focusing on investigating the effects of Container Freight Stations Storage on Performance of port of Mombasa, determining the effects of customs clearance speed at the Container Freight Stations on Performance of Port of Mombasa and establishing the effects of CFS Cost on Performance of Port of Mombasa. The questions that the research sought to answer; to what extent do the Container Freight Stations Storage affects the performance of Port of Mombasa? To what extent has the customs Container Freight Stations Clearance Speed affected the Performance of Port of Mombasa? To what extent has the CFS Cost affected the Performance of Port of Mombasa? A descriptive design was used for the study, using a stratified random sampling technique to obtain sample size of 198 respondents from a population of 470 respondents, where the respondents were sampled across all strata which included KRA operations and KPA staff, various operational CFS and Clearing & Forwarding agents operating within Mombasa whereby the response rate of the study was 68%. The study largely relied on primary data collected using a closed end structured questionnaire. Collected data was analyzed using the SPSS 25 and the relationship between the variables examined using the Correlation analysis and regression analysis. The linear regression model used to describe the relationship between the independent variables (Container Freight Stations’ Storage, Customs Clearance Speed and Cost of Clearance) to the dependent variable (Port Performance). The study findings indicated that the independent variables explain 61.8% of the dependent variable. CFS storage was found to be affecting the Port Performance by 33.7%, Customs Speed of Clearance having 40.1% while CFS cost of Clearance 16.7%. the Regression analysis results are supported by the Correlation analysis which shown a strong relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable for the variables CFS Storage, CFS Customs Clearance Speed and CFS Cost having coefficient of correlation r of 0.638, 0.700 and 0.530 respectively. The researcher therefore recommends on efficient utilization of the CFSs so as to improve the performance of the Port of Mombasa. Improvement on the CFS cost through revision and moderation of charges to importers, while reducing the Cost of Clearance, the customer satisfaction. The number of customs officers at the CFSs can be improved so as to improve the speed of customs Clearance further.